Paris Saint-Germain produced a stunning first half at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, taking a 3-0 lead over Manchester City into the break in their Champions League league-phase meeting.
Désiré Doué opened the scoring in the 13th minute from a Fabián Ruiz assist, and Ousmane Dembélé headed in a second two minutes later, set up by Doué. Vitinha added the third in the 32nd minute, assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery, as City struggled to contain the visitors' pace in transition.
City's best first-half moments fell to Erling Haaland, Joško Gvardiol and Antoine Semenyo, all off target, while a Jérémy Doku effort on target in stoppage time was saved. The hosts went into half-time needing a major turnaround to protect their unbeaten start to the league phase.
Earlier on Wednesday's Matchday 2 programme, Feyenoord beat Como 3-2 in Rotterdam and Liverpool won a nine-goal game at LASK in the earlier kick-offs covered in our previous live report. This article records the half-time state of the City-PSG match; the final score will be reflected in our next Champions League update.
